The AAFP Foundation has awarded Jonathan Toot, MD, one of two national Family Medicine Cares Resident Service Awards. Dr. Toot is a PGY2 with Soin Family Medicine (SFM) Residency in the Kettering Health Network. He will receive $16,500 from the AAFP Foundation to support his project “Being a Good Neighbor: Empowering a Healthier Community through a Multidisciplinary Medication Non-Adherence Intervention Strategy at the Good Neighbor House Community Clinic.” This project will use a series of interventions on both individual and organizational levels to address medication non-adherence and improve outcomes for low-income residents in Dayton, OH. Dr. Toot will leverage resources and community partnerships to educate, increase accessibility, and modify behaviors for both patients and healthcare professionals through the SFM residency program and the community partner Good Neighbor House.
Each year, the AAFP Foundation’s Center for the History of Family Medicine (CHFM) sponsors a contest to encourage medical students and family medicine residents to write scholarly essays relevant to the history of family medicine in the United States. The 1st Place winner of the 2023 CHFM Student and Resident Essay Contest is Ohio member Joshua Smith, MD, MPH. Dr. Smith is a PGY4 at the University of Cincinnati/Christ Hospital Family Medicine-Psychiatry program and a Resident Director on the OAFP Board of Directors. Dr. Smith will receive $1,000 and his essay, Family Physicians and Unintended Consequences, is available for your reading pleasure.
Congratulations to these incredible Ohio family medicine residents who are doing wonderful work!
Excellent article by Josh Smith MD. Many of us have forgotten the well intentioned legislative decisions but with unintended consequences that persist and in fact have worsened over time. The mental health issues have become a major crisis. Medicare and Medicaid continue to be a sticky wicket of challenges. I can identify with the EMR issues. It was presented as way to save time money and improve patient care. A triple lie! It certainly takes more time, costs more money, and is questionable if overall quality of care has improved. I appreciated your summarization of issues. Hopefully you and your generation will be part of the needed solutions to these issues. Good Luck.